#tw parental death

[yoiurboi]

"The Gang's All Here!"

Most recent picture I have of the kiddies. The date is still wrong though (Should be 1980 instead of 1978). Made for my Picture Perfect AU, but it still works for a "canon" timeline ig.

Pictured here are the OG Afton kiddies! From oldest to young: Fritz, Elizabeth, and of course, David Evan-Christopher Cecil. Looking so, so very happy. Nothing is wrong. Absolutely nothing. Nobodies mum died and certainly no body found out they had a secret hidden sibling that they didn't know about until an hour before the photo was taken.

AU Context:

William Afton gets married a few times over the course of his life. The first time was with this Italian ballerina named Klara. They had two kids together, Fritz in 1969 and then CC in 1977. Between the two, in 1974, Bill cheats on her with a secretary from Fredbear's (Eleanor Schmidt) and then surprise surprise, Elizabeth is born.

He basically didn't acknowledge her for the first five-ish years of her life. You know. As one does with their secret affair baby. But then Klara dies giving birth to CC and he decides his kids need a father. So he marries Eleanor and then tries to mash the two families together like nothing untoward was going on instead of going to therapy or something. IDK. It was the 80s. Shit just happened back then.

[nikoisme]

This pain will linger with me still, I pray this too shall pass.

[absolutedream-art]

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Paleo reveals a bit about his family.  Copper comforts his friend.

[mctreeleth]

I'm back in the town I grew up in for the weekend (so we can scatter my dad's ashes) and I went to the supermarket where I used to work (for over a decade) (but it's all different now) because mum wanted me to get some cans of coke (to have with jim beam tomorrow) (it was dad's favourite) (we're scattering his ashes) and mmm whatcha say (the song you use to meme about being dead) came on on the in-store radio while I wandered the aisles (of the supermarket where I worked for a decade) (which is all different now than it was when I worked there) (when I lived here) looking for the cans of coke (to have with jim beam tomorrow) (while we scatter my dad's ashes)

[syscultureis]

(tw death)

sys culture is having to tell an alter who hasn’t been close to front for the past few years that our mom passed away because they think we’re still in school and she’s about to tell us to go to bed and immediately getting hit with an intense wave of sadness

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[cult-of-the-eye]

i think about alice dyer all the fucking time how old was she when her parents died did she sit in their empty house holding her head in her hands when did she become lukes mum dad and big sister does she blame herself does she blame them or is she stuck in a twisted middle ground of hatred that she's sure will one day swallow her whole

[ihopesocomic]

@ last anon - i really don't want to make a thing of this because i'm sorry about your dad but maybe when somebody brings up an instance of them losing their parent and not personally wanting to view said parent's body for what seems to me like a very valid reason, it's really not in good taste to pop up anonymously and talk over them. RJ is right. Just because you were fine viewing a body as a literal child doesn't mean every other child would be?? 'This works both ways' very much applies here.

I completely get that their words were in response to a point they misread and the assumption I was dictating how people should view death when I wasn't.

But on the flip side, we've stated enough times that this comic is based on our personal experiences and is not meant to be a blueprint on how everyone should deal with abuse, grief, death or whatever we bring up that I don't think it's too much to ask for the very first sentence of my point to be read properly before anyone jumps the gun.

Also what the second anon said (and what I also pointed out in my initial response): somebody going away peacefully =/= being brutally murdered. The state of the body is very much a factor to consider too, not just the mourners in question. I'm also very sorry for your loss too, anon, and what you endured in the aftermath. <33

Unless anybody needs anything clearing up off anon, that's the very last thing I think we're going to say on this because this got kinda personal very quickly and yeah, I don't want it to get out of hand. - RJ

[faggotstump]

1/[27]/21 (On my dead dad and everything that came with him leaving)

[artbean]

@eddiemonth day 2: friendship

Outcasts stick together. (tw for loss of a parent under the cut)

Maybe your mom dies, your dad gets arrested and you wind up on your Uncle's doorstep with your hair buzzed off and shoes that pinch your toes. But when you turn up to the first day of school a week later, your friend's got new tapes for his walkman and quietly lets you use it in the library at lunch. After school, before his mom's gotten off work, you stop at 7/11 for a pop to share while you read The Hobbit to him and count the yellow cars that drive by while you sit at the curb.

And maybe everything’s different and will never be how it once was, but maybe this is the one thing that will stay the same. You can sit with your friend after school drinking coke and reading Tolkien and talking about your shitty dads, and it might not make the load any lighter but at least you’re not the only one carrying it for a while.

When his mom invites you to sleep over that night, she makes you a grilled cheese sandwich, and it’s less brown than your mama made you, but it tastes like home anyway. She crafts you a nest of quilts in his room, worn soft and smelling like fresh linen. You’ll take turns listening to his walkman until one of you finally falls asleep, because neither of you have gotten used to a quiet home at night.

As the music slows with the dying battery, distorting but with the core of the song remaining unchanged, you drift off alongside it.

[thequeenofsastiel]

Sometimes grief hits you out of nowhere. I'm headed to school, and was contemplating the fact that the branch farther away from me is actually faster to get to than the one closer to me because my bus system is weird, and thinking that it's a good thing because it means I'll get to be downtown, close to a lot of places I like being but rarely go to because it's such a hassle. But then I was trying to think about the good things about going to the school closer to me, and I thought that at least going there would make it easier for me to get to my dad's. And then I remembered.

The last time I went to school, my dad was alive. And he really really wanted me to go to college because he wanted me to be able to find a job and be financially stable. But because of my various mental illnesses, that's always been extremely hard for me. He'd be so happy to know that I'm going back to school.

The grief is rolling through me like waves and I wish it wasn't because I have to be able to focus. He'd want me to.

Fuck.

[lopposting]

So, I have some mixed feelings about the Rise ending. I don't know, it's complicated. At the centre of the game seems to lie a father-son relationship and the lengths of approval. You are "punished", in a sense, if you decide to hand your heart to your father. But it does still technically "reward" you with approval in the good ending with his acknowledgement. I thought it would've been really interesting if Geppetto says the exact same thing as the Free from the puppet string ending ("I knew it, you're just a useless puppet") in the Rise ending, but in a different tone.

[I know this is a complicated subject, and I'm sure that many people may have some personal perspectives on this, but I hope people get what I'm trying to get at]

But after some time, I think that the apology is not really for the audience, it's for P. The apology is a worthy inclusion, not because Geppetto needs to be redeemed, but because without it, the only "wrong" option is to seek his approval. Maybe his acceptance isn't the "right" thing to want, or what we "should" want [I don't mean in a moral way] - but Pino isn't wrong for wanting it.

Or maybe he is, I don't know. But I think, despite everything - it's still what Pino wanted. and I think it does provide him with a bit more closure and peace than something else. (And it can do this while also not portraying it as the "healthiest" thing to want.)

And I think that's what they're showing us with the extra shot of him looking over the balcony. There's no other purpose of this scene [I mean other than establishing the next scene for the audience], and In his reality, it would've been completely silent. He's just looking at the view. Not even listening to music. And then he finally goes to sleep.

[hazyaltcare]

A memeboard for an asexual catboy! Jeff The Killer (Creepypasta) kin who moved into Slender mansion after killing his parents. A memeboard that includes "pretty boy" fanart (was unable to find source, most likely they deactivated) editted to include a black cat tail and ears, blood, knife memes, cat feather toys, Slender Mansion, and Slenderman being his landlord and manager.

Mod Haze (🎮Greyson & 🧨Tate)

[snug-as-bugalugs-in-rugalugs]

That moment when you do the math and realize Mrs. Young (Mrs. Marks? weird how she has a different last name than her kids) had to have died AT LATEST when Hubert and Daniel were only seventeen.

And here I thought that story couldn't get any sadder.....

I showed my work below the cut btw if you don't believe me

The numbers I'm using:

From 10x15 Hades Hath No Fury: "You've been living here for 5 years and you haven't looked for me?" "Mrs. Young had died. I didn't know where to start."

From 12x07 Brother's Keeper: "But [Nigel Baker] still lost four years of his life."

Also from 12x07 Brother's Keeper: "The victim was this man. Daniel Marks, 20 years old."

I'm also going by the assumption that every season spans about a year which, based on the clues we've had as to what year it is throughout the series, seems fairly accurate.

Season 12 - Season 10 = 2 seasons = 2 years

4 years in season 12 - 2 years/seasons = 2 years since Daniel's murder in season 10

5 years - 2 years = 3 years between Mrs. Young having died and Daniel's murder

20 years old - 3 years = 17 years old when Mrs. Young had died

Obviously, with Hades Hath No Fury being a later episode number than Brother's Keeper, and all these numbers being estimates, it's not like it's impossible for Daniel and Hubert to have just barely turned 18 before her death. But still.... Damn. And it seems rather unlikely, given that Clarissa would've had to return to Toronto directly after her death for that to be the case.

[mushroomnoodles]

imagine dying and leaving your little kid, I bet simon was so fucking anxious; he didn't even got to say goodbye. and morri was so young! he was like a child mentally I bet, so I would be also worried for that little detail.

tw for parental death but its mostly just talking about simons thoughts about morri in the dead world + some post revive

he was extremely anxious! he knew morri was gonna find him like that, and he was reeling from how suddenly he'd gone. no goodbye, no i love you, no it'll be okay, nothing. he sort of stopped considering death as an option once the first 100 years passed, and since he hadn't felt any different at all, he had no reason to suspect he'd metaphorically implode.

now, morri is smart for their age, more like a naive adult than a teenager, but they are limited by the emotional maturity of someone their age. morri had never really dealt with death before, especially not death so close to them. he was so anxious for how it'd affect their developing mind.

he was especially concerned because he and morri were so closely bonded, he knew he was morri's favorite person and the only thing he could hope was that marceline would take over like he requested. he had faith in her, he knew she'd raise morri well. of course, he didn't account for morri getting powers and running off since they hadn't shown any sign of having their abilities since birth.

he also figured he wouldn't be able to see them again for a long time due to their lifespan, and just sorta buckled down and was like, surely marceline has it under control. and even if morri was young, and he was worried for them, they were strong and he was certain they would be okay eventually. though that concern never went away, and he didn't really get any news of morri's wellbeing. he did look for betty for a time too, since he hadn't seen her since before morrigan was born, but she wasn't around. he did enjoy his hypoallergenic pillow though.

in the resurrection timeline, when he was first revived he was initially in shock and incredibly disoriented, but his thoughts beyond "ow my face and head and everything" and "betty?" were all on morri. he mistook morri for betty because his vision was blurry on top of the mid eyesight and last he saw them they were prepubescent.

he did initially think that marceline had raised morri, they looked so grown up and put together! although with time he will definitely notice the uh. lack of a parental figure in their behavior and step in to be a bit stricter than he was in their youth. and he picks up some of their vocabulary

[syscultureis]

sys culture is being the headmate really close to the body's mom (who died) and crying while watching anything that involves a dead mother and then proceeding to be stared at weirdly by the other headmates who weren't close to her

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